NAMRC

History of NAMRC

Research presented at the North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) is often implemented in industry with significant impact. Concepts such as geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, finite element modeling of sheet metalforming and open-architecture control were first presented at NAMRC.

Now, for the first time, you can explore each program in detail from the very first conference in 1973 to the most recent. As you review the brochures, please consider submitting a nomination for the S.M. Wu Research Implementation Award, which recognizes outstanding original research presented as a paper at annual NAMRCs that subsequently, upon implementation, had a significant commercial and/or societal impact.

Each NAMRC date, host, location and the inclusion of any special activity is listed below with a link to the original program brochure. Most of the brochures are from the collection of the 1997-98 NAMRI/SME president Marvin F. DeVries, PhD, FSME, emeritus professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2017, June 4-8(PDF) NAMRI/SME NAMRC 45, Forty-Fifth North American Manufacturing Research Conference hosted by University of Southern California, Los Angeles

2009, May 19-22(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC 37, Thirty-Seventh North American Manufacturing Research Conference hosted by Clemson University, Greenville, South Carolina

2008, May 20-23(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC 36, Thirty-Sixth North American Manufacturing Research Conference hosted by Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

2007, May 22-25(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC 35, Thirty-Fifth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, including SME NIST-ATP Technology Dissemination Workshop on Intelligent Optimization and Control of Grinding Processes, May 25, hosted by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

2005, May 23-27(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC 33, Thirty-Third North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by Columbia University, New York

2004, June 1-4(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC 32, Thirty-Second North American Manufacturing Research Conference, including SME/Greenfield Coalition Workshop on Learning Resources, June 4-5, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

2002, May 21-24(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXX, Thirtieth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

2001, May 22-25(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXIX, Twenty-Ninth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

2000, May 23-26(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXVIII, Twenty-Eighth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

1999, May 25-28(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXVII, Twenty-Seventh North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, California

1998, May 19-22 (PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXVI, Twenty-Sixth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

1997, May 21-23(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXV, Twenty-Fifth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

1996, May 21-23(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXIV, Twenty-Fourth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, including the Second S.M. Wu Symposium on Manufacturing Science-U.S.A. Venue, May 24, hosted by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1994, May 25-27 (PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXII, Twenty-Second North American Manufacturing Research Conference, including the First S.M. Wu Symposium on Manufacturing Science-U.S.A. Venue, hosted by Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

1993, May 26-28(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XXI, Twenty-First North American Manufacturing Research Conference, including the Symposium on U.S. Contributions to Machining and Grinding Research in the Twentieth Century, hosted by Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

1992, May 20-22(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XX, Twentieth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

1991, May 22-24(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XIX, Nineteenth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri

1990, May 22-25(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XVIII, Eighteenth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, including the CIRP International Working Seminar on Artificial Intelligence Based Product Design, May 22, hosted by The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1989, May 24-26(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XVII, Seventeenth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1988, May 25-27(PDF), NAMRI/SME NAMRC-XVI, Sixteenth North American Manufacturing Research Conference, hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois